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Yanjisuchus

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Yanjisuchus
Temporal range: Albian,
101 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Family: Paralligatoridae
Genus: Yanjisuchus
Rummy et al., 2022
Type species
Yanjisuchus longshanensis
Rummy et al., 2022

Yanjisuchus is an extinct genus of paralligatorid neosuchian known from the Early Cretaceous Longjing Formation of Guizhou, China. It contains a single species, Y. longshanensis.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Rummy, Paul; Wu, Xiao-Chun; Clark, James M.; Zhao, Qi; Jin, Chang-Zhu; Shibata, Masateru; Jin, Feng; Xu, Xing (2022). "A new paralligatorid (Crocodyliformes, Neosuchia) from the mid-Cretaceous of Jilin Province, northeastern China". Cretaceous Research. 129: 105018. Bibcode:2022CrRes.12905018R. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.105018. ISSN 0195-6671. S2CID 239651801.